In a potential reversal of seeming unlimited fortune for Joe Francis in the aftermath of the Eliot Spitzer scandal, Ashley Dupré is suing the Girls Gone Wild honcho for $10 million. Dupré, the call girl at the center of the scandal, filed suit Monday, claiming that Francis and his company had exploited her image and name without her consent, just to make a buck. (Check out a tamer version of the video in question here.)Following the former governor's scandal, Francis unearthed footage of Dupré on a dance floor in Florida at age 17 as she's going, yes, just a little wild. Dupré, however, claims that Francis' crew pushed her into shimmying for booze, baring her chest for their cameras, and signing a release that she did not fully understand, much less have the legal authority to sign anyway, says People.com.Ever the diplomat, Francis (who was released from jail just months ago following a tax-evasion suit) said he was "surprised and in fact amazed" at the lawsuit. ...read more
Girls Gone Wild mastermind Joe Francis knows how to capitalize on a good thing when he sees it, and the recent scandal with former governor Eliot Spitzer is no exception. On Friday, Francis is announcing on E!'s Chelsea Lately that he'll be adding a free DVD of call girl Ashley Dupré in the premiere issue of Girls Gone Wild Magazine.Dupré will be the first lucky lady to star in his seven-disc series, Hookers Gone Wild. Ever the logical businessman, Francis tells Lately host Chelsea Handler, "We could release it on the Internet.... The problem with the Internet [is] the minute we put it up there, even if we're charging, it's out. Everybody sees it for free regardless, and we didn't want to charge for it. So, we're going to give it away."The DVD isn't Dupré's first appearance with the Francis franchise. In 2003, she spent a week on the GGW bus in Florida; some of her trip was taped, and the recording has been making the rounds this week. Her latest production will be av...read more
Joe Francis is back in L.A. and ready to get back to work -- after he gets a a nice long cry. watch
